Federico Rubio
Bio
Federico Rubio (Montevideo, 1966)
Lives and works in Montevideo.
Photographer since 1991. Graduated from the Faculty of Economic Sciences, UdelaR, Montevideo, 1994.
Postgraduate studies in Photojournalism, London College of Printing, London, 1995–1996.
Freelance photography for local newspapers and magazines, Montevideo, 1996–1997.
Photo editor of Postdata magazine, Montevideo, 1998–2000.
Freelance work in New York, 2000–2001.
Solo and group exhibitions in Argentina, Peru, the United States, Mexico, and Uruguay (1994–2014), including:
Botánica, solo exhibition at Centro Municipal de Exposiciones SUBTE, Montevideo, 2008.
Botánica, solo exhibition at Galería del Paseo, Punta del Este, 2009.
Montevideo New Visions, group exhibition at Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, 2012.
Trabajos en Papel, solo exhibition at Galería del Paseo, Lima, 2014.
Episodios: fotografía contemporánea uruguaya, group exhibition at Instituto Cervantes, Rome, 2019.
Participated in Fotograma Uruguay (2009), organized by CdF (Centro de Fotografía).
Participated in ArteBA (2008, 2009, 2010), Buenos Aires Photo (2008), and Lima Photo (2010, 2016, 2017, 2019), at Galería del Paseo’s stand.
Participated in the 2nd Montevideo Art Biennial, Main Hall of BROU, Montevideo, 2014.
Among his most recent awards are:
Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography, New York, 2010.
UTE 100 Years Prize, 55th National Visual Arts Award, Montevideo, 2012.
Fondo Concursable para la Cultura, MEC (Ministry of Education and Culture), Montevideo, 2014.
His photographs are part of private collections in Uruguay, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, the United States, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Statement
Diptych from a series that proposes a free and kaleidoscopic approach to Lima: between the documentary and a subjectivity open to fiction.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
